HSE304 - Physiology of Sport Performance

Unit details

Only available to students enrolled in H343, D324, D394, S302 OR S323 students completing the Nutrition and Exercise Science major (MJ-H000026).

Other students who would like to enrol in this unit must submit their request to ens-enquire@deakin.edu.au. Enrolment quotas apply.

Unit chair:

Stuart Warmington

Campus contact:

Waurn Ponds (Geelong): Chris Shaw

Prerequisite:

HSE201

Corequisite:

Must be enrolled in or have previously successfully completed HSE010

Incompatible with:

Nil

Contact hours:

2 x 1 hour class and 1 x 2 hour practical per week

Content

This unit provides an overview of the physiological and metabolic limits to sports performance and the potential strategies to enhance sports performance. Specific topics to be covered include: limits to exercise performance, nutritional strategies and ergogenic aids, principles of training for endurance, speed and strength, and environmental effects of exercise performance.